A library can recruit and serve its users in myriad ways. At the Science, Industry and Business Library we reach out virtually through social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter and blogs) and our website; we also impact our users onsite and in person at our always-accessible service points for walk-ins, and via consultations, coaching, and counseling by appointment.

As NYPL's business library, SIBL is committed to these one on one, customized sessions; however, we also use a 'wholesale' approach to cultivate new customers who benefit immensely from SIBL's resources, services, and expertise. Over the years, SIBL has partnered with 100+ tri-state government agencies, NGOs, not for profits, schools, proprietary institutes, professional associations, and colleges to orient and train their staff and clients in order to get more bang for the buck.

The purpose of this round up of SIBL's 2015 outreach efforts is to spur more engagement with potential audiences from the commercial, educational, entrepreneurial, financial readiness, human development, innovation, professional, small business, and trade arenas. Follow the lead of SCORE, WIBO, MCC, SoBRO, Baruch, NYC Small Business Services, FastTrac, Fashion Institute of Technology, Parsons, the FPA-NY, the Financial Women's Association, Coalition for the Homeless, Grace Institute, the Consulate of Poland, the U.S. State Department, and engage with SIBL. As the calendar below suggests, we're available to work with your staff and clients, throughout the year, even over the summer, right here at 34th Street or we'll also come to you.

Please feel free to contact us if you would like a SIBL information expert to address your group and demonstrate the resources key to your mission. Send us an email at business@nypl.org.

2015 Outreach Partners

January

• Butterflies USA [Also on April 7]
• World Trade Week NYC Steering Committee Meeting (Baruch College) [Also on Feb. 13, 17; April 7, May 5]
• Mid-Manhattan’s Job Fair
• Entrepreneurship Lab NYC lunchtime presentation [Feb. 5]
• Financial Planning Association of New York at SIBL [Feb. 26]
• Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Awards (Schimmel Center, Pace University)
• Harlem Educational Activies Fund (HEAF)
• Dress for Success
• The Chemists' Club of New York

February

• ExporTech (Bethpage, Long Island)
• Tour and database demo for European School of Economics [May 11, Oct. 20]
• Davidzon Radio
• Entrepreneurship Lab NYC Roundtable
• Tour of SIBL for the U.S Department of State/USPTO Chinese Delegation
• Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneurship Committee meeting [Feb. 23, March 4, April 7]
• Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
• Metro Government Documents SIG meeting (Pratt Institute)
• MIT Enterprise Forum
• Baruch College
• World Trade Week NYC Partner Organization Meeting [April 20]
• Social Security Administration at SIBL [Feb. 26]
• Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Global Business Committee Meeting
• Alpha Workshops at SIBL [Sept. 2]
• New York District Export Council’s ExpoTech Seminar (Bethpage, Long Island)

March

• Market research class presentation for New School [Sept. 24]
• New York District Export Council Meeting with Trade Office of the Consulate General of Poland
• NYC Department of Consumer Affairs Office of Financial Empowerment
• Financial Women's Association at Consul General of Ireland
• USPTO Patent and Trademark Resource Center Seminar (Alexandria, Virginia)
• US Council for International Business
• Columbia Library Sympsosium
• New York District Export Council Plenary Meeting at the World Trade Center’s Association
• Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (Baruch College)
• USPTO Women's Entrepreneurship Symposium

April

• Entrepreneurship Lab NYC Pitch Day
• Tour and database demo for First Steps [April 17, June 5, Nov. 24]
• The Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps) at SIBL [July 2]
• 3D Expo (Javits Center)
• 3D Design Show (Javits Center)
• Academic Business Library Directors' Entrepreneurship Meeting (Vanderbilt Univ.)
• Brooklyn Chinese American Association

May

• Small Business Adminstration's Awards
• The New York Society Library NYC Book Awards
• Westchester Library Association Conference
• Financial Services Leadership Forum Breakfast (SASB)
• World Trade Week Awards Breakfast (Baruch College)
• Business Connection of NY Open House (New York City Bar Association)
• Bloomberg database training for Fact Set
• USPTO Seminar (Cornell Graduate School)
• Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE)
• Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) at SIBL
• Sales and Marketing Expo (Javits Center)

June

• The Institute of Museum and Library Services Engaging Communities Forum
• International Interior Design Association's panel on library design
• Bronx Town Hall for Immigrant Business meeting (PS36, The Bronx)
• City College of New York Staff Development Day
• Future of Urban Innovation Seminar (Columbia University)
• Tour and database demo for the National Library of Uzbekistan
• Careers in Librarianship Panel Discussion (METRO, NY)
• Town Hall for Small Business Owners meeting (Isabella Geriatric Center, Washington Heights)
• Columbia Alumni Intellectual Property Law presentation (Wells Fargo, Midtown)
• New York District Export Council Plenary Meeting
• British Library program staff at SIBL

July

• USPTO Patent Quality Seminar (Fordham School of Law)
• CUNY's Graduate School of Library and Information Studies at SIBL
• Tour of SIBL and database demo for Turkish Consulate General
• New York Biographical and Genealogical Society at SIBL

August

• Financial Empowerment Network Forum

September

• Fairfield County SCORE
• Desigining Libraries conference
• Workshop in Business Opportunities Workshop (WIBO)
• Financial Fitness Fair (New York University)
• Graduate School Reception (Bartos Forum, SASB)
• Connecting the Next 4 Billion (Trustee's Room, SASB)

October

• Census Bureau at SIBL
• Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneurs Network “Ask the Experts” Event (Eisner Amper Offices)
• Brazilian Consulate General
• Small Business & Emerging Technologies Fair (Harlem)
• Tour of SIBL and database demo for Chinatown Manpower Project’s Business Outreach Center
• Silicon Harlem (Harlem)
• Manhattan Chamber of Commerce and Google: Data-Driven Innovation in Manhattan (Google's offices)

• New York Business Expo & Conference (Javits Center)

November

• Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneurs Network Monthly Meeting at SIBL
• Tour and database demo for WIBO (Workshop in Business Opportunities)

• New York Local Expatriate Spouse Association
• CORO NYC and 125th Street BID Event (Harlem)
• WIBO Showcase 2015 Event (Schomburg)
• Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Awards Breakfast (ConEdison)
• "The New Lending Landscape" by Fairfield County SCORE (Weston Library, Conn.)
• MIT Enterprise Forum NYC "$7M XPRIZE Kickoff" event (Cooper Union)

December

• Fashion and Retail Customs and Trade Round Table
• WeWork
• TEEM Coworking Space (Harlem)
• Small Business Administration’s Small Business Fair (Queens)
• Brooklyn Public Library’s PowerUP! Business Plan Competition Awards (BPL)
• Chemists’ Club Holiday Event (NY Academy of Sciences)
• Grace Institute
• Polish American Investment Dialogue Business Gala (Polish Consulate General)